Dr. Carlos M. N. Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. His memoir of the Cuban Revolution, Waiting for Snow in Havana, (Free Press, 2003) won the National Book Award for non-fiction

Alfred-Maurice de Zayas - Cuban born American lawyer, writer, historian, a leading expert in the field of human rights and international law, a retired high-ranking United Nations official, a peace activist, and since 2012 the United Nations Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order (also known as Special Rapporteur), appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.